While Jewish organizations across the nation are scratching their collective heads trying to come up with social events and tikkun olam projects to engage millennials, a queer Conservative rabbi in Chicago is connecting hundreds of young people to their heritage through the study of Talmud.

Jewish journalists met with members of the Obama administration on Nov. 16 at the State Department for a briefing on worldwide anti-Semitism as well as U.S. efforts to secure reparations for Holocaust survivors.